String arrangements by Violin Chandru

This is one of Chandru’s early string arrangement projects, and definitely the first for a rock album. The experience was altogether marvelous, especially since Sean Dickson of the High Fidelity visited Bangalore during the recording of the string arrangements.

At that time, our very own “Sa Recording Studio” was not built yet, and so we recorded at Ganalahari Studios Bangalore.

Chandru also gigged with Sean and his team to promote the “Demonstration” album, including at the “T in the Park” festival in Scotland.

Welcome to Bollywood Strings

Bollywood Strings was created in 1999, inspired by UK's thirst for cross over music and is led by violinist Chandru who has worked with the likes of Nitin Sawhney, Talvin Singh, Ravi Shanker, George Harrison, Bjork, Tina Turner, Britney and many others and has made a name as UK's foremost Bollywood string
arrangers.
One of our driving ambitions has been to grow the number of musicians accomplished in performing the "Bollywood Strings" style. We have played a major part in popularizing Bollywood string arrangements and have collaborated with pop, jazz, and Flamenco music along the way. Bollywood Strings has enticed western musicians and music lovers to a whole new phase of cross culture music.